Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Amy - Oct 03, 2017 9:47:37 am PDT #17357 of 30002
Because books.

biometric time clock

Is that one of the fingerprint ones? We had one of those at H&M when I worked there, and half the time it wouldn't read my fingerprint.


-t - Oct 03, 2017 10:06:05 am PDT #17358 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yep, fingerprint.

I get paid for my 10 minute breaks but not for lunch, Matt. I get clocked for all of them, though. It's supposedly to ensure that I am getting my legally mandated breaks, so, whatever. That starts Thursday. Sigh.


Sue - Oct 03, 2017 10:24:19 am PDT #17359 of 30002
hip deep in pie

What long weekend?

[Canadian] Thanksgiving! (Columbus Day to you folk.)


Amy - Oct 03, 2017 10:24:32 am PDT #17360 of 30002
Because books.

And this is because you're hourly now, instead of salaried, right? So dumb. I hope it turns out to be a reasonably pleasant place to work.


Connie Neil - Oct 03, 2017 10:37:43 am PDT #17361 of 30002
brillig

It's been over ten years since I had a job that recognized national holidays other than Christmas and New Years


-t - Oct 03, 2017 10:39:30 am PDT #17362 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yup. So far so good, I guess.

No long weekend here. Next company holiday is Thanksgiving. Makes for a long stretch.


Jesse - Oct 03, 2017 11:00:43 am PDT #17363 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

[Canadian] Thanksgiving! (Columbus Day to you folk.)

Pretty sure it's Indigenous Peoples Day here, but the calendar still says Columbus.


flea - Oct 03, 2017 11:39:34 am PDT #17364 of 30002
information libertarian

I have gained a little weight and am trying to eat less candy, so every day I resolve "no candy" but then every day seems to boil down to "kill my husband, or eat candy?" and I eat candy. Sigh.

Home renovations, they're not for kids, folks, and my husband seems like he's actually a kid hiding in the body of a 6'6" 48 year old.


Dana - Oct 03, 2017 12:26:40 pm PDT #17365 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I'm sorry, flea. Husband is very good with a lot of things, but there are some other ones that make me want to strangle him.

I'm considering going to the ER for this migraine. Woo?


Una - Oct 03, 2017 12:48:01 pm PDT #17366 of 30002
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.

For those in need of good news: One of the new Nobel Laureates in Medicine is my PhD advisor's PhD advisor.

My advisor's postdoc advisor is also a Nobel Laureate, so I have two Nobel-winning grand-advisors!